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Chowder: Burple Nurples

Due to her many successes in the kitchen, Ms. Endive has decided to allow Panini to cook a dish all on her own. When Chowder learns of this, he decides to pressure Mung Daal into letting him cook his own dish, as Mung hates Ms. Endive and he doesn’t want to allow her apprentice to be more successful than his apprentice. However, when Chowder fails to make the dish properly, Mung must try to prevent people from eating the contaminated dish, all the while trying not to hurt the feelings of his young apprentice.


5.5/10 (2 Votes cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 1x1
Airdate: Friday November 02nd, 2007



Guest Stars
Liliana MumyLiliana Mumy
voiced Panini
Recurring
Will ShadleyWill Shadley
voiced Gorgonzola
Recurring
Dwight SchultzDwight Schultz
voiced Hippo Customer, Burple Nurple
Recurring
John DiMaggioJohn DiMaggio
voiced Public Toilet
Recurring
C. H. GreenblattC. H. Greenblatt
voiced Kiwi
Recurring
Tara StrongTara Strong
voiced Poisoned Flower
Recurring

Recap

After discovering that Panini had been allowed to cook a dish all on her own, Chowder decided to ask Mung Daal if he could do the same. Despite his initial reluctance, Mung Daal decided to allow his young apprentice to do as he pleased, as he didn’t want to be upstaged by Ms. Endive. However, when Chowder refused to listen to Mung Daal as he prepared a batch of burple nurples, he strayed from the recipe and inadvertently poisoned the dish. Mung Daal had attempted to tell him this fact, but when Chowder began to cry, Mung Daal realized that he had to find a solution to the problem that wouldn’t result in his young apprentice’s feelings being hurt...

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Episode Notes
Revealed Dishes:
  • Burple Nurple
  • House Of Cards Soufflé
  • Pickle In A Cup
  • Sparkle Spackle Pudding

  • Revealed Ingredients:
  • Blutter
  • Pickle
  • Shmeg
  • Snore-Iander
  • Sugar
  • Wa-Wa Melon

  • This episode was originally entitled “The Burple Nurple Stand”, though it was changed during post-production.



    Episode Quotes
    Hippo Customer: Young lady, your sparkle spackle pudding is extraordinary triumph!
    (A unicorn flies out of his mouth, followed by a rainbow)
    Panini: Yes, I know! I made them myself.
    Hippo Customer: Well, my, aren’t you professional…
    (Panini interrupts the customer, causing him to look shocked and confused)
    Panini: Move along! Thank you for your patronage; always a pleasure.

    Panini: Oh, hi Chowder.
    Chowder: I’m not your boyfriend! Hey, what’cha doin’ Panini?
    Panini: Well, because I’m doing so well in the kitchen, Ms. Endive thought it was time for me to spread my wings.
    Chowder: You have wings?
    Panini: Oh, you’re so cute, numnums. No, what I mean is, she let me cook a dish all on my own!

    Chowder: Can I try one?
    (Chowder reaches for some sparkle spackle pudding, but Panini slaps his hand)
    Panini: No! But you can buy one; I’m selling them for one dollop each. Of course, for you, there’s a special boyfriend discount.
    (Panini makes a kissing face)
    Chowder: That’s okay! Here’s one dollop!

    Mung Daal: Okay, Shnitzel, all we need to finish our house of cards soufflé is…
    (Chowder rides into the room on a giant wa-wa melon, which smashes the soufflé)
    Mung Daal: …ah yes, one giant super-destructive wa-wa melon.

    Chowder: Guess what, Mung? I think I’m ready to cook something on my own!
    Mung Daal: Um, I don’t know, Chowder. You might want to get a few more years under your belt.
    (Chowder lifts up his shirt, showing the belt that is holding back his fat)
    Chowder: There’s no room!

    Chowder: What was the first recipe you ever made?
    Mung Daal: Pickle in a cup!

    Mung Daal: Oh, golly, why did I even put that poison in the spice cabinet in the first place?
    (A giant rat stomps through the kitchen)
    Mung Daal: Oh, yeah, that’s why.

    Mung Daal: (in disguise) I am a nurple connoisseur, and I can tell just by looking at them that these are the finest quality nurples I will ever taste in my life. Good work, lad.
    Chowder: Oh, wow, a real Nurple connoisseur! You have to taste them! You have to rate my nurples!
    Burple Nurple: You… Will… Die…

    Gorgonzola: What is this, a childish child-sized food stand?
    Chowder: Oh, hey Gorgonzola. I’m selling burple nurples that I made myself, like a real chef.
    Gorgonzola: What, you think you’re better than me?!
    Chowder: Listen, I’ve got a lot of customers waiting.
    (The scene zooms back to show no other customers in the area)

    Mung Daal: (in disguise) I need that exact nurple! Here, here, I’ll give you ten dollops!
    Gorgonzola: A hundred dollops!
    Mung Daal: What is it with you kids? I’ll give you twenty!
    Gorgonzola: Two-hundred dollops!
    Mung Daal: Fifty!
    Gorgonzola: Three-hundred dollops!
    Mung Daal: Oh, my, darn it! Seventy-five!
    Gorgonzola: Three-hundred fifty!
    Mung Daal: Eighty!
    Gorgonzola: Three-hundred sixty!
    Mung Daal: Eighty-five!
    Chowder: Eight-hundred thousand!
    Mung Daal: Stay out of this!

    Mung Daal: (in disguise) Care to give a free sample to a pretty lady?
    Chowder: Sure, do you know one?
    Mung Daal: Care to give a free sample to an ugly lady?
    Chowder: No, ugly ladies have to pay.

    (Mung Daal dumps the burple nurples into the toilet)
    Toilet: I love burple nurples!
    Mung Daal: Ah! Don’t eat those or you will die!

    Chowder: Oh, good, a bathroom!
    (Chowder enters the public toilet and unzips his pants)
    Toilet: I love burple nurples!
    Chowder: Ah!
    (Chowder runs out of the public toilet, screaming)

    Mung Daal: (in disguise) I know what I’m gonna do. The nurples must go into the fire.
    (Mung Daal runs up Mt. Doom and Chowder chases after him)
    Chowder: No! (panting) Time out! Fat kid running!

    Chowder: Hey, where’d that ugly thief lady go?
    Mung Daal: Chowder, that ugly lady was me. You see, there is an ugly lady inside us all, and sometimes, that ugly lady makes us do things we’re not proud of. But I’m proud of you, because you proved that everything I believed about you was right.
    Chowder: Wow! So, why’d you throw the nurples into the volcano?
    Mung Daal: Oh, because of the poison!
    Chowder: The what?
    Mung Daal: Oh, never mind, let’s just go home.



    Episode Goofs
    Chowder only created a batch of nine burple nurples, eight if you remove the one that Mung Daal smacked away after they were created. However, Chowder had far more burple nurples than that later on when he opened up his stand, despite the fact that he didn't create any others after his original nine, nor would he have the ability to make more.

    Chowder tells Gorgonzola that he’s selling the burple nurples for five dollops a piece, though this is inconsistent with the prices that he had at other points in the episode. Earlier on in the episode, the burple nurples were cheaper than that, though later on, they were more expensive.



    Cultural References
    Mung Daal: Mt. Fondoom.

    This is a reference to Orodruin, which was more commonly known as Mt. Doom, from The Lord Of The Rings. It was the location where the one ring was initially forged, and where Frodo had to quest in order to get the ring destroyed.

    Visual: A giant man is underneath Marzipan City, holding it above his head.

    This is a reference to Atlas, the ancient Greek being who was forced to hold the sky upon his shoulders. He is commonly portrayed as a symbol of strength, often holding the entire world upon his shoulders; even though that is actually a misconception of what the original myth claimed he had to do.



    Episode References
    Chowder: I’m not your boyfriend!

    Chowder’s remark towards Panini is a reference towards the episode entitled "Chowder's Girlfriend", which aired on November 2nd, 2007. That episode actually aired after this episode, but such was due to the episodes airing out of order. In that episode, Chowder went to great lengths to prove that he wasn’t Panini’s boyfriend, including a theatrical performance entitled “I’m not your boyfriend”.



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